This is the shocking moment a man is arrested by armed police on Alum Rock Road in Birmingham.

Witnesses described how a man was dragged out of a red Ford Fiesta by 'undercover armed police' in Alum Rock on Wednesday.

A member of the public, who took the video of the man being arrested, said he was working on Farndon Road, near Alum rock Road, around 6.15pm, when he “heard a car screech to a halt.”

The man, who does not want to be named, said: “I could hear a car door being opened very fast so my instincts told me to go and have a look.

“I got there and I saw the police and they were in various cars. Some of them were in a plain white van. There was an unmarked police car at the front and back of a red Ford Fiesta car.

“The police got out of the van and cars and started shouting. They started shouting to get down on the floor, then they dragged the occupant out of the car and on to the floor. They had guns pointed at him.”

The Fiesta was searched while ‘the other armed officers who had their faces covered stood guard’.

Armed police arrest a man

“They secured the area and they took him away,” he added.

The witness said the incident lasted '20 to 25 minutes'.

He said: “It was a planned operation which was carried out swiftly.”

West Midlands Police said two people have been arrested by West Midlands Counter Terrorism detectives on suspicion of terrorism offences.

A man and a woman - aged 21 and 23 respectively - were arrested and are being held in the West Midlands.